Jaime Munguia’s promoters at Zanfer are planning to activate the rematch clause to power a second combat in opposition to Bruno Surace for the primary half of 2025 following the tremendous middleweight contender Jaime’s sixth-round knockout loss final Saturday night time on the Estadio Caliente in Tijuana, Mexico.
Taking an instantaneous rematch with Surace shouldn’t be with out danger concerned. Whereas it could look like a sensible factor for Munguia’s promoters to do, it might backfire with him getting knocked out once more. That will spoil his profession.
Unconventional Clause
It’s unclear why Munguia’s promoters positioned a rematch clause within the contract for a non-title combat that he was anticipated to win simply. The 26-year-old Surace isn’t ranked within the prime 15 by any of the 4 sanctioning our bodies. For a rematch clause to be included for this combat, it means that Jaime’s promoters weren’t completely assured he would win. He was the A-side; they weren’t taking any possibilities.
The previous WBO junior middleweight champion Munguia (44-2, 35 KOs) got here into the combat as the favourite and managed the motion by means of the fifth spherical. Within the sixth, Surace (26-0-2, 5 KOs) dropped Munguia, 28, with a proper hand. The referee had no alternative however to cease the combat when Munguia returned to his ft as a result of he was in horrible form.
“I’m instructed that Zanfer intends to activate the rematch clause for Jaime Munguía vs. Bruno Surace 2 within the first half of 2025 after the stunning outcome on Saturday in Tijuana. There might be particulars on this regard within the subsequent few days,” mentioned Salvador Rodriguez on X.
Munguia’s Future
Once more, if Munguia is knocked out once more, his promoters’ determination to take a rematch with Surace may very well be disastrous. They have to acknowledge the potential of one other loss and what it could do to his already shaky profession.
Munguia is in style sufficient in Mexico, southern California, Arizona, and Texas to deal with one other KO loss to Surace. Nonetheless, his punch resistance could deteriorate if Surace stops him once more.
Assuming Munguia does get knocked out once more by Floor, he can nonetheless depend on getting fights in opposition to the likes of Caleb Plant, Edgar Berlanga, Diego Pacheco, and Christian Mbilli. In different phrases, Munguia could be a gatekeeper or trial horse for the youthful fighters to get expertise in opposition to a pale former world champion.
